Bug Fix Advisory kdebase bug fix update

Advisory: RHBA-2009:1277-1
Type: Bug Fix Advisory
Severity: N/A
Issued on: 2009-09-02
Last updated on: 2009-09-02
Affected Products: RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
OVAL: N/A

Details

Updated kdebase packages that fix various bugs are now available.

The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop environment for the
X Window System. The kdebase packages include core applications for the K
Desktop Environment.

These updated packages fix the following bugs:

* version 0.5 of the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) creates child device
objects only when a file system is mounted. In cases where a storage device
cannot be polled (for example, a floppy drive or IDE Zip drive), HAL adds
mount methods to the device itself rather than the volume. Previously, this
meant that when used in conjunction with HAL 0.5, KDE 3 would not allow
users to mount file systems on devices which the HAL could not poll. KDE
now includes a modified HAL back end that allows users to mount and unmount
volumes through the storage devices detected by the HAL. (BZ#469723)

* previously, when KDE refreshed desktop icons, it did not refresh the list
of icons that it should display on the desktop. As a consequence, icons
could appear on the desktop even when the file that they represented had
been deleted, and refreshing the desktop would not remove these icons. This
situation could arise, for example, when viewing files on an NFS share.
When KDE refreshes its view of the desktop, it now updates the list of
icons first and therefore avoids drawing icons for non-existent files.
(BZ#472295)

All KDE users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.


Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Updated packages

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.src.rpm     61bc421ec1be1bad9dd4e2460d403644
 
IA-32:
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.i386.rpm     9a7b2e21593ce7b78c1b504c1e5209fd
 
x86_64:
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.i386.rpm     9a7b2e21593ce7b78c1b504c1e5209fd
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.x86_64.rpm     ffaba7b67f7c40779283f25d22d0c409
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)

SRPMS:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.src.rpm     61bc421ec1be1bad9dd4e2460d403644
 
IA-32:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.i386.rpm     7f5fca8b189fa065345555671bc83739
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.i386.rpm     9a7b2e21593ce7b78c1b504c1e5209fd
 
IA-64:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.ia64.rpm     4c16e6cb5e77d7d5eb37ef263294561e
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.ia64.rpm     5ee5a3b8f8d315f39fdd1a57a2fee315
 
PPC:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.ppc.rpm     10279a9dd7477093d74ba25413215d53
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.ppc64.rpm     e11e3206c4fd6395281c0c963862f433
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.ppc.rpm     9e63d74303ac2b65702de05dd4613eda
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.ppc64.rpm     c4a1ead13baebf455dabad039dcb76bd
 
s390x:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.s390.rpm     0362b19e8fba1b60fd1f0156bef25353
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.s390x.rpm     18032746074e9d429a7b8509527c5714
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.s390.rpm     9844162ad609185487bbd9f416184060
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.s390x.rpm     fc9c316209926d44e531be51d664b3a8
 
x86_64:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.i386.rpm     7f5fca8b189fa065345555671bc83739
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.x86_64.rpm     73bcdf8e88a1fc29e38bcfc0351ef9ae
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.i386.rpm     9a7b2e21593ce7b78c1b504c1e5209fd
kdebase-devel-3.5.4-20.el5.x86_64.rpm     ffaba7b67f7c40779283f25d22d0c409
 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

SRPMS:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.src.rpm     61bc421ec1be1bad9dd4e2460d403644
 
IA-32:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.i386.rpm     7f5fca8b189fa065345555671bc83739
 
x86_64:
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.i386.rpm     7f5fca8b189fa065345555671bc83739
kdebase-3.5.4-20.el5.x86_64.rpm     73bcdf8e88a1fc29e38bcfc0351ef9ae
 
(The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network)

Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)

469723 - Cannot mount floppy disk



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